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nervous
adjective
-
nervous
feeling
worried
,
afraid
,
or
uneasy
because
something
difficult
or
unknown
is
about
to
happen
•
Before
the
big
math
test
,
Maria
felt
nervous
and
kept
tapping
her
pencil
on
the
desk
.
Before
the
big
math
test
,
Maria
felt
nervous
and
kept
tapping
her
pencil
on
the
desk
.
•
Standing
backstage
,
the
young
man
grew
nervous
as
he
heard
the
audience
clapping
for
the
next
performer
.
Standing
backstage
,
the
young
man
grew
nervous
as
he
heard
the
audience
clapping
for
the
next
performer
.
From
Latin
nervosus
“
sinewy
,
vigorous
”,
later
“
high-strung
”,
from
nervus
“
nerve
”.
The
emotional
sense
developed
in
the
18th
century
when
nerves
were
linked
to
feelings
of
anxiety
.
adjective
-
nervous
relating
to
the
nerves
in
a
living
body
•
The
surgeon
warned
that
cutting
near
that
area
could
damage
nervous
tissue
.
The
surgeon
warned
that
cutting
near
that
area
could
damage
nervous
tissue
.
•
In
biology
class
,
we
studied
how
the
nervous
system
sends
signals
from
the
brain
to
the
muscles
.
In
biology
class
,
we
studied
how
the
nervous
system
sends
signals
from
the
brain
to
the
muscles
.
Adopted
in
the
18th
century
for
scientific
description
of
body
nerves
,
extending
the
older
Latin-based
term
to
anatomy
and
medicine
.
